Leghorn

[leg-hawrn for 1–3; leg-ern, -hawrn for 4]

noun

English name of Livorno.

(lowercase) a fine, smooth, plaited straw.

(lowercase) a hat made of such straw, often having a broad, soft brim.

one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens that are prolific layers of white-shelled eggs.

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Historical Examples of leghorn

The ship had a good run from off Mahon to Leghorn where we anchored in the outer roads.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
Who that has landed at Calais, at Rotterdam, or at Leghorn, has not felt this?
Jack Hinton
Charles James Lever
Genoa is with us at a word; so are Leghorn and the towns of the Romagna.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
I sailed for Lerici, where I arrived the next day, and then posted to Leghorn.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
From a lover, who will not be back at Leghorn for a week or ten days.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for leghorn

leghorn

noun

a type of Italian wheat straw that is woven into hats

any hat made from this straw when plaited

Word Origin for leghorn

C19: named after Leghorn (Livorno)

Leghorn

noun

(ˈlɛɡˌhɔːn) the English name for Livorno

(lɛˈɡɔːn) a breed of domestic fowl laying white eggs

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Word Origin and History for leghorn

Leghorn

breed of fowl, 1869, from Leghorn, city in Italy (modern Livorno, 16c.-17c. Legorno), from Latin Liburnus, from the native people name Liburni, which is of unknown signification.